Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The only Native American comic shop in the world.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Hidden on the 7th floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.